There's other news, especially about disabled kids. The NYT has a story on pre-natal testing for Down's Syndrome. The article reports that 90% of women who are told their fetus has Down's Syndrome abort. A movement has started to de-stigmatize Down's Syndrome, and explain that children and adults with Down's can live fairly normal and productive lives.

Another story takes us back to that young girl whose parents had her physical development halted due to her severe retardation. The news is reporting that the surgery to sterilize and stunt Ashley was a violation of the law. (Who will be the first small-government Republican to offer "Ashely's Law" - a federal law prohibiting this type of surgery?).

It seems that the US has higher birth rates than other developed countries - even non-Hispanic white women in the US have more children than their counterparts in Canada. This article points out the fact that we have a lack of pro-natalist laws (laws that would encourage people to have kids, like paid maternity leave), but instead attributes the high birth rate to our values.

There's other news, especially about disabled kids. The NYT has a story on pre-natal testing for Down's Syndrome. The article reports that 90% of women who are told their fetus has Down's Syndrome abort. A movement has started to de-stigmatize Down's Syndrome, and explain that children and adults with Down's can live fairly normal and productive lives.

Another story takes us back to that young girl whose parents had her physical development halted due to her severe retardation. The news is reporting that the surgery to sterilize and stunt Ashley was a violation of the law. (Who will be the first small-government Republican to offer "Ashely's Law" - a federal law prohibiting this type of surgery?).

It seems that the US has higher birth rates than other developed countries - even non-Hispanic white women in the US have more children than their counterparts in Canada. This article points out the fact that we have a lack of pro-natalist laws (laws that would encourage people to have kids, like paid maternity leave), but instead attributes the high birth rate to our values.